Tire-tightener.



No. Gan-38a.

Patent'ed Nov. 6, |900. F. A. TERPENING.

TIRE TIGHTENER.

(Application led May 8, 1900.)

(No Model.)

rien *terne FRANCIS A. TERPENING, OF ALBIA, KANSAS.

TlRlE-TlGl-ITENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,388, dated November 6, 1900.

Application filed May 8, 1900. Serial No. 15,887. i110 model.)

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I attain this object by means of the construct-ion shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speciiication, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a tire-tightener made in accordance with my invention with the cover-plate removed. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the pillow-caps. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the turnbuckle. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of the connecting-plate to cover the telly-joint. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one end of one of the fellies. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of my invention.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts wherever they occur in the different views.

In said drawings, l is the wheel; 3, the spokes; 4 4, the fellies, and 4b the tire. The two ends of the contiguous fellies are reduced in size to form the shoulders 5 and 6 and the inclined portion 7. A V-shaped depression S is also formed in the under surface of the end of said fellies, and a hole 9 extends through said fellies within the depressed portion 8.

The pillow-cap 10 forms a seat 11 at each end for the reduced end of a felly 4. This cap consists of the side walls 12, the inclined bottom wall13,the partition 14,and the flanges 15. The partition 14 is providedwith a threaded perforation 16. Turnbuckle 17 is provided with oppositely-screw-threaded ends 18 and a central body portion 19, having holes 20 passing entirely through the same to serve as engaging-points for a turning-rod to adj ust the buckle. The oppositely-scrow-threaded ends 18 of the turnbuckle are fitted in the perforations 16 inthe partition 14. The sheetmetal cover-plate 21 is provided with V-shaped ends 22 to fit the depressions 8 and has slots 23, a hole 24, andapertures 25. Each pillowcap 10 has a transverse aperture 26 therein, and a semicircular recess 26fL is formed in the end of each flange 15.

The operation of my device will be readily understood. NVhen the turnbuckle is rotated, it separates the fellies 4 4 and tightens the tire 4b. The slots 253 in the plate 21 permit the plate to move as the buckle is turned, and transverse bolts 27 are passed through the apertures 25. A bolt 28 passes through the turnbuckle, and its ends are seated in the holes 24 and 26.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a tire-tightener, a pair of fellies having reduced ends, a pillow-cap foreach of said ends, said pillow-cap consisting of the side walls, the inclined bottom, a perforated partition, and a projecting flange, a turnbuckle having oppositely-threaded ends fitted in the perforations in the partitions of the pillowcap, and a cover-plate for concealing the joints, said plate having slots, and perforations, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described tire-tightener, consisting of the pillow-caps having side Walls, inclined bottoms, perforated partitions, and recessed flanges, fellies having reduced ends tittingthe pillow-caps,aturnbucklehavingoppositely-screw-threaded ends iittin g the perfo rations in the partitions, a cover-plate ltting the felly ends and provided with slots and perforations, bolts passing through the slots and perforations, the felly ends having apertures therein, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand -in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS A. TERPENING.

Witnesses:

AUGUST SoLLnR, H. C. HILL. 

